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Lumbar Laminectomy for a Narrowed Canal

Michigan rates for HCPCS 63005

Removes the bony roof over the spinal canal in the lower back to take pressure off the nerves running through it. It treats a narrowed canal that causes back and leg pain, numbness or heavy legs when walking. Only a short stretch of the lower spine is opened.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Lumbar Laminectomy for a Narrowed Canal cost?

$5,460

Typical total for the visit. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,460 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,479 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,479$1,259 to $1,660
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$3,090 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $8,128Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,950
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,981professional $1,479

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,162.28
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,754.40
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,778.28
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,584.89
12 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in Colorado than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Michigan· 33rd of 51

$5,460

$1,479 physician + $3,981 facility

CO $14,842WV $2,709

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.